{"id":389,"date":"2011-12-24T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts-wp\/?p=389"},"modified":"2011-12-24T16:51:04","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T23:51:04","slug":"books-ive-read-in-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/2011\/12\/books-ive-read-in-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Books I’ve Read in 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Total pages read: 23,992<\/strong>
\nShortest book: 81 pages
\nLongest book: 985 pages
\nFiction: 46
\nNon-fiction: 20
\nCookbook: 11
\nPoetry: 5
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\nLast book read:<\/em><\/strong>
\n82.\u00a0\u00a0House of Holes<\/em>\u00a0by Nicholson Baker.\u00a0 A bunch of interlinked raunchy tales from the master of literary pornography.\u00a0 262 pages. (Finished 24 Dec 2011).<\/p>\n

Full list below the cut:<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Past Lists:
\n2010 List<\/a>
\n2009 List<\/a>
\n2008 List<\/a>
\n2007 List
\n<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman<\/em> by John Krakauer. \u00a0The story of what lead Pat Tillman to leave the NFL and join the Army\u00a0after September 11, 2001 and the administration and military\u00a0leadership that exploited and failed him and his family after his\u00a0death.\u00a0 416 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 3 Jan 11).<\/li>\n
  2. Salted: A Manifesto on the World’s Most Essential Mineral, With Recipies<\/em> by Mark Bitterman.\u00a0 A whole lot of info and history about salt.\u00a0 A KCRW cookbook club selection.\u00a0 304 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 4 Jan 11).<\/li>\n
  3. Fall of Giants<\/em> by Ken Follett.\u00a0 The first volume of a new trilogy following the lives of a few families from different countries and backgrounds.\u00a0 This first volume takes place before and during World War 1.\u00a0 985 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 12 Jan 11).<\/li>\n
  4. Hector and the Search for Happiness<\/em> by Fran\u00e7ois Lelord.\u00a0 The story of a psychiatrist who travels the world searching for the meaning of happiness.\u00a0 Written in a child-like verse in third-person.\u00a0 The English translation of the French bestseller.\u00a0 Read for the 10:15 book club at church.\u00a0 192 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 13 Jan 11).<\/li>\n
  5. Grape vs. Grain: A Historical, Technological, and Social Comparison of Wine and Beer <\/strong><\/em>by Charles Bamforth.\u00a0 Noted brewing professor\/expert from UC Davis discusses the process of making and the status of wine and beer in society.\u00a0 224 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 18 Jan 11).<\/li>\n
  6. Luka and the Fire of Life<\/em> by Salman Rushdie.\u00a0 A followup to the adventures in Haroun and the Sea of Stories<\/em>, Haroun’s little brother goes on his own adventures in the World of Magic.\u00a0 223 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 20 Jan 11).<\/li>\n
  7. The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories<\/em> by Bruno Schulz.\u00a0 The known published works of a Polish Jewish writer\/artist that was killed during World War II by a Gestapo officer.\u00a0 I got this collection of stories because The Street of Crocodiles serves as the base of the new Jonathan Safron Foer project Tree of Codes.\u00a0 335 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 31 Jan 11).<\/li>\n
  8. Swan: Poems and Prose Poems<\/em> by Mary Oliver.\u00a0 The latest collection from the wonderful Mary Oliver.\u00a0 96 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 31 Jan 11).<\/li>\n
  9. Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation<\/em> by Chris White & Jamil Zainasheff.\u00a0 A whole lot about brewing yeast.\u00a0 300 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 7 Feb 11).<\/li>\n
  10. Tartine Bread<\/em> by Chad Robertson.\u00a0 How to make the bread from San Francisco’s famous Tartine Bakery at home and other ways to use the bread you’ve made.\u00a0 304 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 9 Feb 11).<\/li>\n
  11. One Hundred Years of Solitude<\/em> by Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez.\u00a0 The story of a family in a mythical city and its rise and fall.\u00a0 417 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 23 Feb 11).<\/li>\n
  12. Tales from the Medicine Trail: Tracking down the health secrets of shamans, herbalists, mystics, yogis, and other healers<\/em> by Chris Kilham.\u00a0 The “Medicine Hunter” travels to the Amazon, Peru, India, Hawaii and Vanuatu to learn about the sacred and medicinal plants of the area.\u00a0 292 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 3 Mar 11).<\/li>\n
  13. Super Sad True Love Story<\/em> by Gary Shteyngart.\u00a0 Set in an America that is failing to the pressure of its financial pressures, two immigrants find each other.\u00a0 331 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 9 Mar 11).<\/li>\n
  14. Born on a Blue Day:\u00a0 Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant<\/em> by Daniel Tammet.\u00a0 A memoir from a high functioning austistic savant that experiences numbers as colors (synestehsia).\u00a0 240 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 12 Mar 11).<\/li>\n
  15. Wild Child: <\/em>and Other Stories<\/em> by T. C. Boyle.\u00a0 A collection of short stories by T. C. Boyle.\u00a0 304 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 21 Mar 11).<\/li>\n
  16. Drop City<\/em> by T. C. Boyle.\u00a0 A commune of hippies move up to rural Alaska after the local authorities tear down the buildings on their commune in California.\u00a0 444 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 31 Mar 11).<\/li>\n
  17. 13, rue Th\u00e9r\u00e8<\/em>se by Elena Mauli Shapiro.\u00a0 An American professor visiting Paris finds a box of memories in his office.\u00a0 This novel is his attempts of putting together the story from those mementos.\u00a0 278 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 4 Apr 11).<\/li>\n
  18. Super Natural Everyday:\u00a0 Well-Loved Recipies from My Natural Foods Kitchen<\/em> by Heidi Swanson.\u00a0 Follow up to 101 Cookbooks<\/em> blogger’s first book Super Natural Cooking<\/em>, this time with a focus on easy everyday recipies.\u00a0 256 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 5 Apr 11).<\/li>\n
  19. Harlem is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America<\/em> by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts.\u00a0 A look at Harlem and what its role in African-American culture is.\u00a0 288 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 11 Apr 11).<\/li>\n
  20. Tree of Codes<\/em> by Jonathan Safran Foer.\u00a0 JSF takes Bruno Schulz’s story The Street of Crocodiles<\/em> and literally cuts out a new story from the text.\u00a0 139 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 11 Apr 11).<\/li>\n
  21. My Calabria: Rustic Family Cooking from Italy’s Undiscovered South<\/em> by Rosetta Costantino.\u00a0 A KCRW Cookbook club selection.\u00a0 Nice recipes from a lesser known region of Italy…though I’m not sure how much I’ll actually cook from this book.\u00a0 416 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 13 Apr 11).<\/li>\n
  22. The Jokers<\/em> by Albert Cossery.\u00a0 The story of how some pranksters almost bring down the oppressive governor of their Egyptian city.\u00a0 232 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 14 Apr 11).<\/li>\n
  23. Angels<\/em> by Denis Johnson.\u00a0 Two people meet on a Greyhound bus and begin a dark ride cross-country.\u00a0 224 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 18 Apr 11).<\/li>\n
  24. A Life on Paper: Stories<\/em> by Georges-Olivier Ch\u00e2teaureynaud.\u00a0 A collection of stories translated and published into English for the first time (as a collection). <\/span>Ch\u00e2teaureynaud<\/span>‘s stories are of the modern world with a hint of fantasy (ala Kafka).\u00a0 256 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 25 Apr 11).<\/li>\n
  25. 52 Loaves: One Man’s Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning, and a Perfect Crust<\/em> by William Alexander.\u00a0 A man sets out to bake the “perfect” loaf of bread by baking a loaf of bread every week for a year.\u00a0 352 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 6 May 11).<\/li>\n
  26. Making It: Radical Home-Ec for a Post-Consumer World<\/em> by Kelly Coyne & Erik Knutzen.\u00a0 A book full of projects on home sustainability in urban environments.\u00a0 Coyne & Knutzen practice sustainable practices in urban Los Angeles.\u00a0 256 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 8 May 11).<\/li>\n
  27. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden<\/em> by William Alexander.\u00a0 A man (and his wife) build a garden…and learns many lessons in the process.\u00a0 304 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 21 May 11).<\/li>\n
  28. In The Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time<\/em> by Peter Lovenheim.\u00a0 A tragic event down the street from his house inspires a man to get to know his neighbors.\u00a0 A story about the nature of community in our modern society.\u00a0 256 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 24 May 11).<\/li>\n
  29. The Urban Homestead:\u00a0 Your Guide to Self-Sufficient Living in the Heart of the City<\/em> by Kelly Coyne & Erik Knutzen.\u00a0 A couple living in the heart of LA strives to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle…and explains how you can do it as well.\u00a0 360 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 26 May 11).<\/li>\n
  30. House of Prayer No. 2<\/em> by Mark Richard.\u00a0 A “special child” in the south grows up and overcomes both physical and mental difficulties to experience life to the fullest and become a successful writer.\u00a0 A memoir from the award-winning author.\u00a0 208 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 2 Jun 11).<\/li>\n
  31. Hocus Bogus<\/em> by Romain Gary writing as\u00a0\u00c9mile Ajar.\u00a0 A French writer who has one France’s top literary award tires of the box he’s in and creates a new persona.\u00a0 When his new books gain the attention of the critics and awards, he quickly writes this book to throw them off the trail even further.\u00a0 224 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 7 Jun 11).<\/li>\n
  32. Hector and the Secrets of Love<\/em> by Fran\u00e7ois Lelord.\u00a0 Hector’s journeys continue when he is sent by a pharmaceutical company to track down a professor friend of his that is developing a drug to help people fall in love.\u00a0 176 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 9 Jun 11).<\/li>\n
  33. When the Killing’s Done<\/em> by T. C. Boyle.\u00a0 A novel based in the Northern Channel Islands.\u00a0 A park service employee trying to restore native populations and an animal activist square off over many years.<\/em> 384 pages. (Finished 14 Jun 11).<\/li>\n
  34. Trask<\/em> by Don Berry.\u00a0 Set in Oregon just after the boundary dispute between the US and Britain was resolved, a man goes on a journey to a part of coastal Oregon yet to be settled (or even largely exploited) by white men. 348 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 22 Jun 11).<\/li>\n
  35. Suite Fran\u00e7aise<\/em> by Ir\u00e8ne N\u00e9mirovsky.\u00a0 Two parts of what was envisioned to a 5 part novel telling the story of what was going on in France during World War II.\u00a0 Already a well know novelist, Ir\u00e8ne N\u00e9mirovsky was arrested in 1942 and sent to Auschwitz where she was killed.\u00a0 These stories were recently discovered and published for France and the rest of the world.\u00a0 367 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 29 Jun 11).<\/li>\n
  36. The Literary Conference<\/em> by C\u00e9sar Aira.\u00a0 A translator who falls on hard times due to the global economic downturn also happens to be a mad scientist trying to build a clone army from a famous Mexican author.\u00a0 What could possibly go wrong?\u00a0 90 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 30 Jun 11).<\/li>\n
  37. Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef<\/em> by Gabrielle Hamilton.\u00a0 The story of how the chef of NYC’s Prune restaurant came of age and found herself owning a restaurant (and married).\u00a0 304 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 12 Jul 11).<\/li>\n
  38. A Visit from the Goon Squad<\/em> by Jennifer Egan.\u00a0 The story of an aging punk rock music executive, his assistant and the lives of the people whom intersect theirs.\u00a0 352 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 15 Jul 11).<\/li>\n
  39. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs <\/em>of a Boy Soldier <\/em>by Ishmael Beah.\u00a0 A boy’s story from Sierra Leone, who loses his family after rebels attack his village, is recruited to join the army fighting the rebels, and ends up getting rehabilitated to become a spokesperson for child soldiers.\u00a0 240 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 17 Jul 11).<\/li>\n
  40. The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession<\/em> by Susan Orlean.\u00a0 The story of orchid sellers\/growers in South Florida.\u00a0 The basis for the movie Adaptation.\u00a0 284 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 26 Jul 11).<\/li>\n
  41. Why We Get Fat: And What To Do<\/em> About It <\/em>by Gary Taubes.\u00a0 A look at the problem of obesity, the research done about it, where it got derailed (according to his perspective), and what we can do to combat it (a paleo viewpoint of diet).\u00a0 272 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 28 Jul 11).<\/li>\n
  42. The Japanese Grill: From Classic Yakitori to Steak, Seafood, and Vegetables<\/em> by Tadashi Ono & Harris Salat.\u00a0 Latest KCRW Cookbook Club selection.\u00a0 I think I’m most interested in the marinades (cuz really that’s the important parts of the recipes in this book).\u00a0 184 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 30 Jul 11).<\/li>\n
  43. Moontrap<\/em> by Don Berry.\u00a0 Its 1850 and the Oregon Territory is only a couple of years old.\u00a0 A former mountain man attempts to adjust to life in the young settlements of the territory.\u00a0 315 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 4 Aug 11).<\/li>\n
  44. To Build a Ship<\/em> by Don Berry.\u00a0 The third (and last) of Berry’s novels (all set in the Oregon Territory), a group of settlers in Tillamook country set out to build a ship after the captain of the only ship willing to sail into the bay dies. \u00a0 203 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 5 Aug 11).<\/li>\n
  45. A Field Guide of the North American Family (An illustrated Novella)<\/em> by Garth Risk Hallberg.\u00a0 A bunch of topical interconnected conditions, that can be read in different ways to make a novella (that could be different for each reader) along with pictures curated from the accompanying website.\u00a0 144 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 6 Aug 11).<\/em><\/li>\n
  46. Broetry<\/em> by Brian McGackin.\u00a0 A collection of poetry for dudes who don’t like poetry.\u00a0 128 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 9 Aug 11).<\/li>\n
  47. The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World<\/em> by Jay Bahadur.\u00a0 Instead of journalism school, Bahadur decides to learn in the field and travels to Somalia to discover the world of the Somali pirates.\u00a0 He touches on the conditions that brought them to piracy, the evolution of piracy in Somalia, the economics and what can be done to combat it.\u00a0 320 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 11 Aug 11).<\/li>\n
  48. Home Coffee Roasting: Romane and Revival (revised, updated edition)<\/em> by Kenneth Davids.\u00a0 A quick overview on coffee roasting, coffee varietals\/regions, and equipment to roast your own coffee beans.\u00a0 256 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 14 Aug 11).<\/li>\n
  49. Juliet, Naked<\/em> by Nick Hornby.\u00a0 Duncan loves a reclusive singer-songwriter from America.\u00a0 He also has a long term marriage-like relationship with Annie.\u00a0 One day, he turns away from that relationship, and she ends up connecting with her life (and Duncan’s first love).\u00a0 406 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 16 Aug 11)<\/li>\n
  50. The Inner Circle<\/em> by T.C. Boyle.\u00a0 A fictional account of the the build up to the release of The Kinsey Report<\/em>, and his inner circle of assistants that helped him compile the research.\u00a0 418 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 19 Aug 11).<\/li>\n
  51. Broken<\/em> by Karin Fossum.\u00a0 A woman wakes to find a man standing above her bed.\u00a0 But the man is just a character in a future book.\u00a0 One who has stepped out of the line and foisted himself upon her.\u00a0 Now she must work with this character to unravel the mystery of her next novel.\u00a0 265 pages. (Finished 23 Aug 11).<\/li>\n
  52. The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman<\/em> by Timothy Ferriss.\u00a0 Timothy Ferriss tests out various “body hacks” (with the help of friends) so you can have the best info for your own body hacks.\u00a0 571 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 24 Aug 11).<\/li>\n
  53. Hear the Wind Sing<\/em> by Haruki Murakami.\u00a0 Book 1 of the “Trilogy of the Rat” introduces the Rat and Murakami to the world.\u00a0 This small novella gives glimpses of what is to come Murakami’s work as he develops his writing and characters.\u00a0 Told by an unnamed narrator, set in a small coastal town, his life centered around J’s Bar and his friendship with the Rat.\u00a0 130 pages. (Finished 25 Aug 11).<\/li>\n
  54. Pinball,1973<\/em> by Haruki Murakami.\u00a0 Three years after Hear the Wind Sing<\/em>, the unnamed narrator tells the story of his quest for a Pinball machine, the two twins living with him, and the time the Rat fell in love.\u00a0 Book 2 of The Trilogy of the Rat.\u00a0 215 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 26 Aug 11).<\/li>\n
  55. A Wild Sheep Chase<\/em> by Haruki Murakami.\u00a0 The unnamed narrator is back and about to turn thirty.\u00a0 He is newly divorced for a second time, when a mysterious man comes to his office.\u00a0 What follows is a quest to find his friend and a mysterious sheep.\u00a0 Book 3 of The Trilogy of the Rat.\u00a0 368 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 31 Aug 11).<\/li>\n
  56. Dance Dance Dance<\/em> by Haruki Murakami.\u00a0 The unnamed narrator of The Trilogy of the Rat searches for his missing girlfriend four years later.\u00a0 A sequel to A Wild Sheep Chase<\/em> (also referred to as Book 4 of the Trilogy of the Rat).\u00a0 416 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 5 Sep 11).<\/li>\n
  57. Paletas: Authentic Recipes for Mexican Ice Pops, Shaved Ice & Aqua Frescas<\/em> by Fany Gerson.\u00a0 A KCRW Cookbook club selection.\u00a0 A brief background on what paletas are, then mainly just recipies with nice pictures.\u00a0 128 pages. (Finished 7 Sep 11).<\/li>\n
  58. Six Thousand Years of Bread: Its Holy and Unholy History<\/em> by H.E. Jacob.\u00a0 The story of bread from its first appearances in civilization to its role in the two World Wars and various wars and revolutions in between.\u00a0 Written in 1944 in German by a Jewish scholar who had escaped to the United States.\u00a0 416 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 21 Sep 11).<\/li>\n
  59. Don’t Look Back<\/em> by Karin Fossum.\u00a0 The body of a much loved girl is found outside of a small Norwegian community.\u00a0 Inspector Sejer must discover what happened to this girl with few cues to start.\u00a0 295 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 25 Sep 11).<\/li>\n
  60. The Help<\/em>\u00a0by Kathryn Stockett. \u00a0Three women set out to tell the story of the maids of Jackson, MS during time leading up and during the civil rights movement. \u00a0444 pages. \u00a0(Finished 30 Sept 11).<\/li>\n
  61. He Who Fears the Wolf<\/em> by Karin Fossum.\u00a0 Inspector Sejar just misses a bank robbery where the hostage taken is the chief suspect in a murder that has also recently occurred.\u00a0 288 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 5 Oct 11).<\/li>\n
  62. When the Devil Holds the Candle<\/em> by Karin Fossum.\u00a0 Two kids follow a woman home with the intent of stealing her money for more beer money.\u00a0 That’s when things start to go wrong.\u00a0 272 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 13 Oct 11).<\/li>\n
  63. The Indian Bride<\/em> by Karin Fossum.\u00a0 A man travels to India to find a bride and on the day she is due to arrive a women is found beaten to death outside of the small town.\u00a0 The search for her killer causes the entire town to question each other.\u00a0 306 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 17 Oct 11).<\/li>\n
  64. Above the River<\/em>: The Complete Poems<\/em> by James Wright.\u00a0 Wonderful poems.\u00a0 384 pages. (Finished 22 Oct 11).<\/li>\n
  65. Black Seconds<\/em> by Karen Fossum.\u00a0 A nine-year old girl disappears while on a short bike ride to the local convenience store.\u00a0 At first, there are no clues, but eventually the story of her disappearance begins to unravel. 266 pages. (Finished 24 Oct 11).<\/li>\n
  66. 1Q84<\/em> by Haruki Murakami.\u00a0 A woman gets out of a cab on a busy expressway and takes an emergency staircase down into a reality that is one centimeter off from 1984.\u00a0 She calls this world 1Q84 (Q for question, but also the sound of the number 9 in Japanese).\u00a0 A man agrees to ghost write a promising young writer’s novel.\u00a0 Both actions set these two on a course that eventually leads to each other.\u00a0 924 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 4 Nov 11).<\/li>\n
  67. The Water’s Edge<\/em> by Karin Fossum.\u00a0 A boy is found dead, a victim of sexual assault.\u00a0 While searching for the perpetrator of that crime another boy goes missing.\u00a0 Inspector Sejer must find what has happened to these two boys before someone else disappears.\u00a0 240 pages. (Finished 6 Nov 11).<\/li>\n
  68. Bad Intentions<\/em> by Karin Fossum.\u00a0 A young man drowns in the middle of a lake while out with his friends.\u00a0 However, his friend’s story doesn’t quite add up.\u00a0 256 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 7 Nov 11).<\/li>\n
  69. The Caller<\/em> by Karin Fossum.\u00a0 A bunch of particularly nasty pranks begin happening in a small Norwegian town.\u00a0 Eventually one ends up causing the death of an 8 yr old boy.\u00a0 Inspector Sejer must find this prankster before things get worse.\u00a0 304 pages. (Finished 09 Nov 11).<\/li>\n
  70. The Painter of Signs<\/em> by R.K. Narayan.\u00a0 An educated man who finds the art in painting signs for businesses, meets a woman who is working to slow the population explosion in India, and falls in love.\u00a0 183 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 13 Nov 11).<\/li>\n
  71. Kingdom’s End and Other Stories<\/em> by Saadat Hasan Manto.\u00a0 A collection of stories written about the time around and immediately after the partition of India and Pakistan.\u00a0 Came across this via recommendation of Salman Rushdie (on twitter<\/a>).\u00a0 272 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 19 Nov 11).<\/li>\n
  72. The End of the West<\/em> by Michael Dickman.\u00a0 A collection of poetry written by a former college classmate of mine. Up front and bleak at times.\u00a0 89 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 19 Nov 11).<\/li>\n
  73. Beer Craft: A Simple Guide to Making Great Beer<\/em> by William Bostwick and Jessi Rymill.\u00a0 A beautifully designed book about making small batches of beer (and tasting and drinking).\u00a0 176 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 22 Nov 11).<\/li>\n
  74. <\/em>Brooklyn Brew Shop’s Beer Making Book<\/em> by Erica Shea and\u00a0Stephen Valand.\u00a0 Another brewing book of mainly recipes focused on small batch\/space brewing.\u00a0 (Though includes instructions to increase to standard 5 gallon batches).\u00a0 176 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 27 Nov 11).<\/li>\n
  75. American Emperor: Aaron Burr’s Challenge to Jefferson’s America<\/em> by David O. Stewart.\u00a0 The story of Aaron Burr’s quest (or not) to gain control of the Spanish controlled areas of Florida and Mexico and possibly get the Western states (that is west of the Adirondack Mountains) to secede from the Union.\u00a0 352 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 29 Nov 2011).<\/li>\n
  76. <\/em>The Primal Blueprint 21-Day Total Body Transformation: A Complete Step-by-Step, Gene Reprogramming Action Plan<\/em> by Mark Sisson.\u00a0 A guide to kickstarting yourself into a primal\/paleo lifestyle.\u00a0 I’m not quite ready to commit yet, but I was interested in reading more about it.\u00a0 180 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 30 Nov 11).<\/li>\n
  77. Primal Blueprint Quick and Easy Meals:\u00a0Delicious Primal-approved Meals in Twenty Minutes or Less<\/em> by Mark Sisson and Jennifer Meier.\u00a0 The first recipe I made turned out pretty good (Lamb Burgers with Mint\/Pistachio Pesto), but it’s definitely a 180 degree change to what I’m used to cooking.\u00a0 280 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 30 Nov 11).<\/li>\n
  78. Six Suspects: A Novel<\/em> by Vikas Swarup.\u00a0 The second novel from the author of the novel that became the movie Slumdog Millionaire.\u00a0 It tells the stories of the six suspects in the killing of a notorious gangster in Delhi.\u00a0 Also a commentary on the state of politics and the middle class in contemporary India.\u00a0 470 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 6 Dec 11).<\/li>\n
  79. Flies<\/em> by Michael Dickman.\u00a0 My old classmates second book of poetry (a result of winning the US’s only second book poetry prize).\u00a0 81 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 7 Dec 11).<\/li>\n
  80. The Tiger’s Wife<\/em> by\u00a0T\u00e9a Obreht.\u00a0 A young woman tells the tale of two countries healing from years of war, her grandfather’s death, and the two stories that flowed through his life.\u00a0 338 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 14 Dec 11).<\/li>\n
  81. Say Her Name<\/em> by Francisco Goldman.\u00a0 An older novelist marries a younger PhD student in Literature at Columbia (who is also a writer).\u00a0 After only a couple years of marriage, she dies in a freak bodysurfing accident.\u00a0 This novel is the story of his love and his grief (based on his real life).\u00a0 350 pages.\u00a0 (Finished 22 Dec 11).<\/li>\n
  82. House of Holes<\/em>\u00a0by Nicholson Baker.\u00a0 A bunch of interlinked raunchy tales from the master of literary pornography.\u00a0 262 pages. (Finished 24 Dec 2011).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Total pages read: 23,992 Shortest book: 81 pages Longest book: 985 pages Fiction: 46 Non-fiction: 20 Cookbook: 11 Poetry: 5 Last book read: 82.\u00a0\u00a0House of Holes\u00a0by Nicholson Baker.\u00a0 A bunch of interlinked raunchy tales from the master of literary pornography.\u00a0 262 pages. (Finished 24 Dec 2011). Full list below the cut: Past Lists: 2010 List … <\/p>\n

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